World

The Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second-highest, is expected to take several years before ruling on the appeal. The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) told a lower tribunal last Wednesday to re-examine United States chip-maker Intel's appeal against a 1.06bn Euro fine, dealing a rare setback to the European Commission.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but authorities said that they bore the hallmarks of the Velayat Sinai, a local affiliate of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, formerly known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which pledged allegiance to Daesh in 2014, and usually carries out similar assaults against the government forces.

The UN human rights chief today slammed Myanmar's apparent "systematic attack" on the Rohingya minority, warning that "ethnic cleansing" seemed to be underway. "It is now a national problem", he said. "I call on the government to end its current cruel military operation, with accountability for all violations that have occurred and to reverse the pattern of severe and widespread discrimination against the Rohingya population", he said.

Lawson said just a few years ago it looked more unlikely that North Korea would be able to build up its nuclear capacity to what it has today. While Trump talked tough on North Korea, China agreed on Thursday that the United Nations should take more action against it, but it also pushed for dialogue.

Emergency services are now on the scene at the airport in central Germany in Terminal 1 was affected, according to Bild . According to reports from the Focus magazine, around 20 counters were temporarily closed. "Federal Police and fire brigade in action!" Now check-in process has again resumed and flight operations have become normal after no "harmful substance" was found.

Putin made the comments after meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. Putin denounced North Korea's sixth and largest nuclear bomb test on September 3, saying Russian Federation did not recognize North Korea's nuclear status.